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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

无法 [wúfǎ]
  1. 1. unable; incapable
    无法应付
    unable to cope with; at the end of one's resources
    无法形容
    beyond description
    无法解脱的困境
    an inextricable dilemma
    局势无法控制。
    The situation was out of control.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

无法 [wúfǎ]
  1. 1. 没有办法
    无法克服。

Examples

由于风雨剥蚀,碑文已无法辨认。
Owing to the ravages of wind and rain, the inscription on the stone tablet is already undecipherable.
不意大雨如注,无法启程。
Unexpectedly it poured with rain and it was impossible to start off.
那里的气氛太沉闷了,令人无法忍受。
The atmosphere there is unbearably oppressive.
无法作出肯定的承诺。
I can't make a definite promise.
你的罪名无法出脱。
You can never clear yourself of that charge.
一股无法遏止的激情
an uncheckable wave of emotion
他实在太忙,无法分身。
He is really too busy to attend to anything else.
内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.
无法弥补的损失
an irreparable loss
这种地方,简直让人无法容身。
You simply can't take shelter in a place like this.

Word Decomposition


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